September 2016 September 2016 September 5 Labor Day – City Offices Closed September 6 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm September 8 *Pension Board Meeting 6:30 pm September 7 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm vents September 12 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm September 11 Songwriters’ Concert – Adele Grage 6-8 pm E alendar September 13 Code Enforcement Board 6 pm

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September 27 *Cultural Arts & Recreation Advisory Committee 6 pm S September 15 North Beaches Art Walk – Town Center & Adele Grage 5-9 pm October 2016 September 21 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm October 10 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm September 20 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm October 13 *Pension Board Meeting 6:30 pm September 25 Acoustic Nights – Bull Park 6-8 pm October 18 Community Development Board Meeting 6 pm September 27 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm October 24 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH NEWSLETTER September 28 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm October 25 *Cultural Arts & Recreation Advisory Committee 6 pm September 30 Movie in the Park – “Star Wars- The Force Awakens” Donner Park October 2016 Meetings are held in the Commission Chamber unless otherwise indicated. October 6 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm * These events will be held at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd. October 7 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm CITY OFFICIALS Mitchell E. Reeves, Mayor Nelson Van Liere, City Manager October 9 Songwriters’ Concert – Adele Grage 6-8 pm Jimmy Hill, Mayor Pro - Tem Donna Bartle, City Clerk October 13 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm John Stinson, Commissioner Brenna Durden, City Attorney Blythe Waters, Commissioner October 14 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm Mitchell Harding, Commissioner www.coab.us • (904) 247-5800 October 15 North Beaches Art Walk – Town Center & Adele Grage 6-9 pm October 20 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm October 21 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm ABET Presents…Merrily We Roll Along October 22 Family Fun Day/Campout – Jack Russell Park Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by George Furth October 22 Movie in the Park – “Peanuts Movie” Jack Russell Park Based on the George S. Kaufman – Moss Hart play October 23 Acoustic Nights – Bull Park 6-8 pm September 9, 10, 15, 16, *18, 23, 24 and *25, 2016 October 27 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm

MUSICAL/This thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, SEPTEMBER 2016 VOL. 12 NO. 9 compromise and the high price of success turns the traditional showbiz October 28 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm musical on its head. Stephen Sondheim and George Furth expertly blend the excitement and energy of a backstage musical with a poignant and emotional www.coab.us/recreation contemporary story about the importance of staying true to one’s ideals. Find Us On

Showtimes: Thurs, Fri & Sat at 8:00pm | *Sundays at 2:00pm Facebook Visit us on facebook! www.coab.us/facebook Hurricane Season Preparedness Water and Energy – Conserving One Helps the Other Elected officials and employees from the City of Atlantic Beach participated in Water and energy may seem like two different issues, but they are strongly the 2016 Peak Hurricane Season Tabletop Exercise in Jacksonville Beach on interconnected. July 20th. The tabletop exercise put on by the City of Jacksonville Emergency It takes massive amounts of water to produce electricity. On the other hand, it Preparedness Division brought over 50 participants from all over Northeast takes a lot of electricity to treat water, distribute it to every household, and then Florida including Federal, State, and local organizations. The exercise focused on a strong category 2 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean threatening Northeast treat the resulting wastewater. Friends and neighbors, Florida with a direct impact over the beaches. So, the next time you forget to turn off the garage light, you are also wasting Summer is ending, schools are in session and most of our seasonal The exercise was well received by all participants and was an excellent water—and when you leave the faucet running while brushing your teeth, you visitors have all returned home. I find this is one of the times I love most about living in Atlantic Beach. Quiet, peaceful and just a hint opportunity for some of our staff and officials to get to know and interact with are also wasting electricity. By conserving water, you are also helping the utility of change in the air. other key partners in our area. The objectives for this exercise included plans company to save energy and vice versa. In the meantime, you’ll be saving In my last letter to you all, I urged you to slow down and enjoy the gift and decision points for evacuation and re-entry, providing timely and reliable money by keeping both your water and electric bill low. we have all been given, the gift of calling Atlantic Beach home. Now, I information to the public, and identifying needed response and support from have to remind myself to heed my own advice because I have allowed Remember – Water only on your assigned days per week, before 10:00 a.m. the season to pass so quickly. A walk along the beach is calling. our Federal, State, and local partners in and around the beaches community. or after 4:00 p.m. ommissioner Last year at the end of the summer, I was intently watching a turtle Mid-August to late October is considered Peak Hurricane Season. It is not too nest at the beach entrance near my home and was fortunate to Homes with ODD addresses – Wednesday and Saturday C witness the hatching of some 150 sea turtles and their race to the early or too late for all of us to prepare. A few key points to consider when water. This season I was saddened when I didn’t see the familiar putting your plan together: Homes with EVEN addresses – Thursday and Sunday he nest and its protective fence at our beach entrance. I wondered what had happened to the mother turtle that she had not returned as she 1. Plan your evacuation route ahead of time and leave early. Non-Residential – Tuesday and Friday

T had for the previous five years. Imagine in my elation when I learned that all the sea turtle nests south of 18th Street are being relocated 2. If you are evacuating to avoid flood waters you may only need to travel as For more information, go to www.sjrwmd.com. due to the beach re-nourishment program. My most sincere thank far as Hodges out of the stated evacuation zones to get to a safe place.

rom you to the Turtle Patrol volunteers. I wonder if they can tell me where our adopted turtle nest has been relocated to, because it would be Please monitor your local news stations and COJ Emergency Preparedness F awesome to watch this turtle family grow and emerge again. Division @ http://www.coj.net/departments/fire-and-rescue/emergency- These footnotes in life are blessings to be sure, and there are many preparedness.aspx for evacuation information. Family Fun Day & Campout more all around us. A lot of these happen because of volunteers and Bigger and better than ever, you will not want to miss this popular event scheduled civil servants who choose to work on improving our quality of life. 3. The re-entry pass is no longer needed. Please take a moment to thank them. for Saturday, October 22nd from 3 to 10 pm at Jack Russell Park, 800 Seminole 4. Make sure your address is up to date on your driver’s license. And thank those in your Police Department for their selfless efforts to Road, Atlantic Beach, FL. This year’s Family Fun Day will feature caricature protect you. Although we have been fortunate not to have an attack For more information on hurricane planning and preparedness please visit our on our Police Officers like other cities have suffered, I feel certain drawings, face painting, rock wall climbing, Captain Character’s Ventriloquist/ our officers are in a state of heightened awareness which weighs on webpage at www.coab.us and click the link under Emergency Preparedness. Puppet Show, Prince Pele’s Polynesian Show and much more. The evening ends them heavily. Speak kindly to them, smile at them, show them your appreciation and most importantly, do this by complying with their with the showing of “Peanuts the Movie”. All afternoon and evening events are instructions when asked by an officer of the law. free and open to the public. Campers can reserve a camp site for a $10 fee. A free And, we have one other privilege that many in the world do not enjoy. pancake breakfast is served on Sunday morning for overnight campers. That is the right to vote and to choose our elected officials. I urge everyone to make plans to voice your choice by voting in the coming To register stop by the Recreation Office located in the Adele Grage election. I think Atlantic Beach should be the shining example to our sister cities to the south by leading the election in voter turnout. We Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd. For more information call 247-5828 or have a City full of bright, talented people. For those voices not to be visit www.coab.us/events. heard is a travesty. My most sincere gratitude for being allowed to work for you. John M Stinson